Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
| Acronym | TCW |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Style | Southern |
| Headquarters | Marietta, Georgia, United States |
| Founder(s) | Dusty Rhodes |
| Owner(s) | Dusty Rhodes (2000-2003) |
| Parent | TurnBuckle Entertainment, Inc. |
| Website | DustyRhodes.net (Archived) |
Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling was a Southeastern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Marietta, Georgia. It was founded by retired wrestler and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes in 2000 and, during its three years in operation, held events throughout the Southern United States in Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Alabama; it was especially popular in Atlanta, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama where the promotion regularly held events. TCW also cooperated with rival independent promotions by holding interpromotional shows with Florida Championship Wrestling. The promotion, at its height, had a successful weekly television series in the Atlanta-Macon, Georgia area and had planned to air one live pay-per-view event before its close in 2003.
TCW later became home to many high-profile wrestlers after the close of World Championship Wrestling, and later Extreme Championship Wrestling, in 2001. Among the former WCW roster included Sean Evans, Disco Inferno, David Flair, Lodi,DaffneyGlacier, Ron Reis,Sonny Siaki,Scotty Riggs,Larry Zbyszko,Scott Hall, and The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge), all of whom would win championship titles. Dusty's son Dustin Rhodes, who at the time was also wrestling for the World Wrestling Entertainment as Goldust, also had a central role in the promotion and briefly held the TCW Heavyweight Championship in early 2002.
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